PERFORMING PARENTHOOD 2017 OFFICIAL SELECTION: Elizabeth Wurst (Germany/Peru) Super Pregnant Gangsta Bitch (2015) and Push & Pull (2016) Video Performance ARTIST STATEMENT: “Super Pregnant Gangsta Bitch shows me performing in my ninth month of pregnancy to a medley of pop …..
BROOD FILM FEST 2016 OFFICIAL SELECTION: Sasha Waters Freyer (USA, Virginia) You Can See the Sun in Late December (2010) Short Film ARTIST STATEMENT: “A reflection on winter light and maternity. Feeling isolated at home with a small child and …..
Sarah Irvin (USA, Virginia) Rocking Chair Series (2014/15) Graphite on paper ARTIST STATEMENT: My practice exists within the context of motherhood as a lived experience and social construct. By responding to the biological act of bearing an infant and the …..
Trish Morrissey (UK, Bristol) Ave Maria Karaoke (2010) Video ARTIST STATEMENT: In Ave Maria Karaoke, I sing the Ave Maria hymn into an imaginary microphone in the style of a drunken woman performing a torch song. It was shortly before …..